Chapter 43: Strange Object

"Huff, huff... Blood-transformation ability, immune to physical attacks? Truly troublesome."

Mas sat beside Lin, panting heavily: "But as a 'Burning Son', I not only wield real flames, but also flames that scorch the Spirit Body..."

"This time, it's all thanks to the 'Strange Object' bestowed by the High Priest!"

Mas picked up the black stone, his face suddenly turning fearful and terrified.

The use of a Strange Object requires paying a price!

He had unleashed the ability of a high-level 'Darkness Chaser'; what he needed to pay was flesh and blood rich in Dark Spirit!

"Fortunately, those two idiots are dead; their flesh and blood are enough to satisfy the requirements of the 'Light-Devouring Stone'!"

Mas muttered to himself, seeing the patterns on the stone turn into a large mouth filled with sharp teeth, and immediately moved the cultist corpse pierced by sharp blades to cover the top of the stone.

Crunch, crunch!

A teeth-aching chewing sound rang out, and that cultist's corpse was visibly diminishing and disappearing...

"Not enough..."

Mas immediately backed away to go move the headless corpse.

It wasn't that he didn't want to call Rem and the others guarding the back door for help, but being seen treating his subordinates this way was still not good.

He moved over two corpses, watched the 'Light-Devouring Stone' devour the flesh and blood on them until it returned to its previous appearance, and couldn't help but let out a long breath, preparing to step forward to retrieve this Weird Item.

At this moment, he suddenly yawned: "No... in the air... why is there so much powder... blue, green, red, black..."

Mas's thoughts became increasingly blurred, and he bit the tip of his tongue hard, subconsciously wanting to activate the Weird Item.

But it was too late.

In the void, invisible threads appeared at some unknown time, wrapping around his neck and strangling him violently.

Pfft!

Mas's headless corpse fell to the ground, the stone in his hand rolling away a distance, yet it remained motionless.

Tap, tap!

Footsteps vibrated; Olivia walked over, picked up the 'Light-Devouring Stone', and checked Lin's condition: "Fortunately, she's fine..."

She took a small metal bottle from her bosom and poured some potion into Lin's mouth.

"I..."

Lin struggled to wake up: "What about that 'Burning Son'?"

"He is already dead, and the two evil cultists guarding the back door were also dealt with by me... Barnard is watching them. One of them, named Calvin, was quite cooperative and confessed directly that Mas was carrying a Weird Item, which is why I came to support you."

Olivia said.

Lin saw the corpses nearby and couldn't help but fall into silence: "You want to recruit followers of the 【Black Sun】?"

"Yes, my Lord might be able to awaken their free will, as long as they aren't too deeply poisoned..."

Olivia searched Mas's body again, turning up a few Spirit Materials and a black tome from the corpse.

"《Words of the Sun Chaser》?"

She slowly read the title of the tome, flipped through a few pages, and then closed her eyes: "Some of the Occultism knowledge inside is very useful; after learning it, I can sacrifice it to my Lord... Hmm, be careful while reading, it carries slight mental pollution..."

Lin, however, looked at Mas's corpse itself and said through gritted teeth: "I want to sacrifice the Spirit within him to my Lord!"

In Black Stone Manor.

Aaron placed his hand over a burning candle, silently feeling the change in temperature... a feeling of warmth spread through his palm, warm but not scorching, and there was no pain or burning sensation.

A moment later, he pulled his palm back, carefully observing his jade-like hand, and found not a single scar on it.

"Is this the power of Dark Spirit?"

Aaron muttered in a low voice: "It doesn't seem to have much use, other than allowing me to escape safely in a fire..."

After successfully intercepting the Burning Son team, Olivia and Lin returned to the branch base in the department store and sacrificed the Spirit of the Burning Son and the contents of that Dark Secret Tradition to him.

If not for Olivia stopping her, Lin even wanted to sacrifice that 'Light-Devouring Stone' to Aaron as well.

However, Aaron had decided right then that even if the other party wanted to sacrifice it, he would not accept it.

After all, whether it was Spirit or knowledge, both were intangible things.

Compared to tangible objects, there would inevitably be some differences, and this was a field he had not yet attempted.

"I wonder if the so-called 'Strange Object' or 'Weird Item' can break through the barriers of the world..."

Aaron muttered a sentence in a low voice.

The so-called 'Strange Object', according to Olivia's explanation, is a combination of Spirit and a real-world object, often possessing many incredible abilities.

And the source of most of them is the successful or failed sacrificial activities of evil cults and secret organizations.

Another part comes from the death of powerful individuals...

It can be said that the coincidence is high, and it is currently difficult to manufacture.

More importantly, it is extremely dangerous!

Even just carrying one will result in continuous and slight pollution and erosion!

Not to mention that after every use, a 'Strange Object' will bring extremely intense negative effects, which need to be smoothed over using various methods.

Otherwise, it will inevitably Backlash against the owner!

"However, the price is high, and the ability is also great... That 'Light-Devouring Stone' is equivalent to half a 'Darkness Chaser'... With so many people from the Black Sun Cult dead and an important item lost, they will definitely continue to investigate, right?"

Aaron felt a bit helpless.

As the deity worshipped by the Light of Redemption, he could not personally guide the two women on how to resist and how to hide.

And Lin clearly had a deep hatred for the Black Sun Cult; hearing that her enemies had arrived, she immediately began to retaliate, and in the name of cleaning up the god's territory at that, which made Aaron feel somewhat helpless.

"Even with Olivia, she might not be able to hold her back... not to mention that Lin learned the news of Aike's death..."

In fact, Aaron had long guessed that Aike would not have a good end.

However, this news will inevitably be a shock to Lin.

"She will just have to take her revenge later... if she goes now, she's just throwing her life away..."

Aaron rubbed his brow.

"My Lord Baron, Scholar Albert requests an audience!"

At this moment, Daili walked in again to ask for instructions.

"It seems there are more matters..."

Aaron waved his hand, and Daili quickly left; not long after, the chubby Albert walked in and bowed, "My Lord Baron, regarding the matter of Knight Yiman, the ravens of Sotos Castle have sent a reply. The Count approves of your actions and has issued an order to the lord of the Upper Green Forest, commanding them to arrest the people on the list..."

"That is to be expected; and then?" Aaron asked with a smile, looking at Albert who did not seem to want to leave.

"There is another unconfirmed piece of news: the Count intends for you, my Lord, to become the godfather of Xia Ya."